Santiago Bueras

Santiago Bueras (7 May 1786-5 April 1818) was a Chilean general during the Chilean War of Independence. He was killed at the Battle of Maipu in 1818.

Biography
Jose Maria Estanislao Santiago Bueras y Avaria was born in Petorca, Chile on 7 May 1786, and he joined the patriot cause at the start of the Chilean War of Independence in 1810. After fighting in the Battle of Yerbas Buenas in 1813, he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel, and he later fought at the Battle of Chacabuco in 1817. In 1818, he fought at the Battle of Maipu, where he was shot dead while leading a cavalry charge against Mariano Osorio's royalist army.